Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's drama Me & Earl & The Dying Girl took home the top accolades at the 31st Sundance Film Festival awards, winning both the U. S. Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award in Utah on Saturday (31Jan15). The emotional movie, which is based on Jesse Andrews' 2013 novel of the same name, tells the tale of two student filmmakers who become friends with a young cancer patient.
The winner of the U.S. Grand Jury Prize for a documentary was filmmaker Crystal Moselle's The Wolfpack, which follows six brothers who are isolated from the outside world.
The awards mark the end of the annual Robert Redford founded festival, which closes on Sunday (01Feb15).
The full list of winners is:
U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic - Robert Eggers, The Witch
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic - Tim Talbott, The Stanford Prison Experiment
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Collaborative Vision - Advantageous
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Excellence in Editing - Lee Haugen, Dope
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Excellence in Cinematography - Brandon Trost, The Diary of a Teenage Girl
U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - The Wolfpack
Directing Award: U.S. Documentary - Matthew Heineman, Cartel Land
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography - Matthew Heineman, Cartel Land
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Break Out First Feature - Lyric R. Cabral, David Felix Sutcliffe, (T)ERROR
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Verite Filmmaking - Bill Ross, Turner Ross, Western
U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact - Marc Silver, 3½ MINUTES
Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize - The Stanford Prison Experiment
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - The Russian Woodpecker
Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary - Kim Longinotto, Dreamcatcher
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing - Jim Scott, How To Change The World
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Impact - Pervert Park
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Unparalleled Access - Pervert Park
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Slow West
Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic - Alante Kavaite, The Summer of Sangaile
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting - Regina Case and Camila Merdila, The Second Mother
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting - Jack Reynor, Glassland
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Cinematography - Germain McMicking, Partisan
Audience Award: NEXT, Presented by Adobe - James White
Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary - Dark Horse
Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic - Umrika
Audience Award: U.S. Documentary, Presented by Acura - Meru
Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic, Presented by Acura - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Short Film Grand Jury Prize - World of Tomorrow
Short Film Jury Award: US Fiction - SMILF
Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction - Oh Lucy!
Short Film Jury Award: Non-fiction - The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul
Short Film Jury Award: Animation - Storm hits jacket
Short Film Special Jury Award for Acting - Back Alley
Short Film Special Jury Award for Visual Poetry - Object

Musicians Josh Redman, Pat Metheny and John Coltrane's son Ravi were among the stars who turned out to celebrate the life of jazz bassist Charlie Haden at a special memorial on Tuesday night (13Jan15). Guests joined Haden's widow, singer Ruth Cameron Haden, at the Town Hall in New York City to remember the acclaimed star, who died in July (14), aged 76.
The gathering featured a slew of performances in tribute to Haden, with Metheny treating attendees to an acoustic guitar medley of his late pal's songs, while Redman covered Blues For Pat with the help of pianist Kenny Barron and drummer Jack DeJohnette.
Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane also saluted his former tutor by playing For Turiya, a tune Haden had penned for his mother, Alice Coltrane, while a pre-recorded video tribute from comedian Richard Lewis lightened the mood of the event by poking fun at Haden's poor comedy skills.
In the tape, Lewis said, "Charlie, play jazz in heaven if there is a heaven, but do not tell God, if there is a God, any jokes. No jokes."
Other guests at the bash included fellow musicians Lee Konitz, Henry Butler, Brad Mehldau and Gonzalo Rubalcaba, in addition to Haden's three children.

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl rang in his 46th birthday a few days early on Saturday (10Jan15) by jamming onstage with rock legends Alice Cooper, SLASH, Paul Stanley and David Lee Roth. The Best Of You hitmakers announced plans to play a "surprise" birthday show for Grohl last week (ends09Jan15) and fans who managed to snap up tickets to The Forum show in Los Angeles were treated to an all-star line-up packed full of rock icons.
KISS star Stanley kicked off the night by joining the band onstage to perform Detroit Rock City and Do You Love Me?, while Cooper thrilled fans with renditions of School's Out and I'm Eighteen.
Perry Farrell from Jane's Addiction took over the microphone for Mountain Song and a cover of Miss You by the Rolling Stones, while Van Halen's Roth delighted the crowd by belting out Panama and Ain't Talkin' Bout Love.
Guitarist Zakk Wylde treated fans to versions of Black Sabbath's N.I.B. and Fairies Wear Boots, before bringing the gig to a rousing end with Slash and Motorhead's Lemmy for their version of Chuck Berry's Let It Rock.
There were also appearances from Queens of the Stone Age's Nick Oliveri, musician Trombone Shorty and Tenacious D stars Jack Black and Kyle Gass, who stepped onstage to rock out with Slash and the Foo Fighters for a cover of Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song and Queen's Tie Your Mother Down,.
The concert, billed as An Evening With Foo Fighters in the Round, also doubled up as a benefit show, raising funds for three music-related charities - Sweet Relief, MusiCares and the Rock School Scholarship Fund.
Grohl actually turns 46 on Wednesday (14Jan15).

Julia Roberts has been tapped to reunite with her Ocean's Eleven co-star George Clooney in a new financial drama directed by Jodie Foster. Clooney is set to star as TV stockbroking personality Lee Gates, who is held hostage alongside his whole Money Monster show team over a bad tip, and now Roberts is in talks to play his producer.
British newcomer Jack O'Connell, the star of Angelina Jolie's forthcoming drama Unbroken, has also entered negotiations as the gun-crazed hostage taker.
If Roberts signs on, it will mark her first project with Clooney in a decade after previously appearing as his ex-wife in the first two instalments of the Ocean's trilogy, released in 2001 and 2004.
Money Monster is due for release next year (15).

If you think your job is wacky then get ready to do some reassessing. Of course we don't expect you to feel much pity for the rich and the famous, but many of them have taken crazy gigs on the side in order to get some extra money. These gigs include weird commercials that would have never seen the light of day in America before the internet. But now luckily many of the cooky, foreign commercials have made it online and you can see what many beloved actors have done to make an extra buck. Get ready to be confused.
1. Nicholas Cage
Chances are you won't understand what's going on on this video. We want to let you know that that's okay.
2. Arnold Schwarzenegger
So, this is what it sounds like when Arnold speaks Japanese.
3. Bruce Willis
We want Bruce Willis to fight off our annoying calls for us!
4. Ben Stiller
We have to admit, Ben has been in some weirder stuff but it's still interesting to watch.
5. Britney Spears
Reminisce a little of what the old Britney was like with this cute commercial.
6. Tommy Lee Jones
Can we have an entire movie with Tommy Lee Jones playing this character, please?
7. Hugh Laurie
Oh Hugh, you are always so clever.
8. Leonardo Dicaprio
In case you forgot that Leo was a '90s heart throb, we decided to include this.
9. John Travolta
We demand more commercials with John Travolta's dancing!
10. Dennis Hopper
If you have ANY idea of what's going on in the commercial below, please tell us!
11. Hulk Hogan
Who wouldn't fall asleep to Hulk's heavenly voice?
12. Nicholas Cage pt. 2
Because Nicholas Cage is just a gem, we had to include him twice on the list.
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New mum Amy Lee has revealed she has no plans for Evanescence for "the foreseeable future". The singer has just released the Aftermath soundtrack for the War Story movie and admits fans of her group needn't hold their breath as they await new material - because it could be some way off.
She tells Rolling Stone, "The situation is we're not doing it now. I don't like to make predictions about the future, because I'm honestly open-minded, and I would never want to say I'm done with any of it, because it's a huge part of me. I've loved my time with Evanescence, I wouldn't want to just throw it away, but, for the foreseeable future, I don't have any plans to do anything with the band.
"It's really important to me to take some time to show some different sides of myself... There does need to be other outlets for me to make music."
And Lee admits that motherhood has made her rethink her life as a touring rock star, adding, "The days of living on the road and an album cycle be this giant daunting thing of working in the studio for six months then going on the road for a year or two, they're behind me (sic)."
Lee became a first-time mum in July (14) when she gave birth to son Jack Lion.

"It changes you completely. I have never felt like this before. It's sort of, like, shifted my perspective on the whole world. As soon as he came out, (I was) totally overwhelmed with love. It's a lot like the way it feels when you're falling head over heels in love with somebody." Rocker Amy Lee loves life as a new mum. The Evanescence star gave birth to son Jack Lion in July (14).

"(Christopher) McQuarrie is going to be in post-production on Mission: Impossible 5. He just physically can’t do it. It’s going to be a new backroom crew, which I think is good. I thought the McQuarrie movie was fantastic, but let’s see someone else’s take on it." Author Lee Child reveals director Christopher McQuarrie won't be returning to take charge of the Jack Reacher sequel.

Actor Jamie Foxx partied with politicians on Saturday night (16Aug14) by inviting former presidential candidate John Mccain and New Jersey governor Chris Christie to join him onstage for a dance at a star-studded fundraiser. The Ray star was a guest at the annual Apollo in the Hamptons bash and he made an extra special effort to get the party swinging.
He took to the stage and invited Christie to join him for a dance, before Senator McCain got up to join in, swiftly followed by Sir Paul McCartney and director Spike Lee.
After the stunt, Foxx told New York Post gossip column Page Six, "Its always the ones you don't expect. Republicans love to dance - in the Hamptons."
Other guests at the event, organised by business magnate Ron Perelman, included Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, Barbra Streisand, Roger Waters, Anjelica Huston, and Don Johnson.
The audience enjoyed performances by Pharrell Williams, Sting, Gladys Knight, and Jon Bon Jovi at the fundraiser, which netted $4 million (£2.4 million) for development projects at New York's famous Apollo Theatre.
At the close of the evening, Nicholson told Page Six, "That was one hell of a night. Christie really held his own. I told him, as he walked back to his seat, 'Governor, you can't let New Jersey down.'"